Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, clear overnight, low 59

After a mostly sunny start today, clouds have rolled in and a few severe thunderstorms have developed ahead of an approaching cold front. Most of this activity has been confined to our south across Connecticut and Rhode Island, but one severe storm did manage to develop across the southern Berkshires and skirt just by the Springfield area.

A stray thunderstorm is still possible as we finish out the afternoon, but most of western Massachusetts has stayed dry ... and will likely continue that way as we finish out the day. Any chance of thunderstorms comes to an end as the sun goes down, and we'll be back to a partly cloudy, quiet, and seasonal night across the region.

For Monday, a small upper-level trough will still be over New England, which will create enough energy to squeeze out a few isolated showers and thunderstorms once again. Just like today, this activity will not create a complete washout of the entire day...more on the lines of a quick pop-up thunderstorm that you may need to head inside for a few minutes. There will be a little more cloud cover tomorrow, though, with highs in the mid-80s.

High pressure gives us a mostly sunny day on Tuesday, but heading toward the Fourth of July, we may be faced with some rain showers by Wednesday. This activity will be scattered ... so it will be selective across western Massachusetts as far as which barbeques it decides to rain on (although the chance of rain should come to an end after sunset...which would be good news for the fireworks shows across the region). After the 4th, we could be faced with another hot and humid heat wave across the region.